Impaling-roll for raisin-seeders.



No. 865,236. PATENTE!) sEP'rfa, 1907.

E. L. CHADDOGK.

IMPALING ROLL FOR. RAISILN SEEDERS.

APPLICATION rum) rms. 1s. 1901.

A rromvfys I PrgrENT OFFICE.

EMORY LEROY OHADDOOK, OF FRESNO, CALIFORNIA.

IMPALING-ROLL FOR RAISIN-SEEDERS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 3, 1907.

Appunti@ and February 18,1907. serial Nofsaez.

To all whom it 'may concern:

Be it known that I, EMoRY LEROY OHADDoox, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Fresno, in the county of Fresno and State ofCalifornia, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Impaling-Rolls for Raisin-Seeders, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, andexact description.

The purpose of the invention is to provide an impaling roll for raisinseeders and like machines, that may be made of suitable length and yetpossess a maximum degree of rigidity throughout, and firm, immovableseats for the impaling saws or combs and their spacing elements.

It is also a purpose of the invention to provide means for strengtheningthe teeth of the combs or saws, thus adding materially to theirlifetime, and to accomplish such results through the medium of thespacing elements employed.

Another purpose of the invention is to arrange the saws or combs in setsof any desired number so that should the teeth of any one or more of thesaws or combs in a set become damaged, that particular set only need beremoved and replaced, thus avoiding the usual tiresome work in suchcircumstances, of dismantling the entire roll.

It is another purpose of the invention to provide a construction ofimpaling roll wherein the saws or combs extend lengthwise thereof.

' The invention consists in the novel construction and combination ofthe several parts as will be hereinafter fully set forth and pointed outin the claims.

i Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis specification, in which simition of a spacing element; Fig. 5is aperspective view of one end portion of asaw or comb; and Fig. 6 is atransverse section through an impaling plate and a spacing element,illustrating the two factors provided with engaging corrugated surfaces.

A represents the shaft of a roll and A the core therefor, which core maybe solid as is shown, or may be of tubular construction,

B represents one of the saws or combs employed, upon which the raisinsin being seeded are impaled, and C represents a spacing element orspacer for the combs or saws.

The saws or combs B are of the same construction and consist o f a plate10 of steel, preferably rather thin and of predetermined width, andbetween the ends of a plate 10 at its upper edge a series of impalingteeth 11 is formed, preferably at equal distances apart, and in the bodyor plain portion of a plate 10, slots 12 are produced in any desirednumber, which slots are transversely located.

Each spacing element O is of the same length as a tooth or comb B, andits body portion 14 is provided at its upper edge with a series ofrecesses 15 divided by teeth 16, the recesses 15 in a spacing element Ocorresponding in number to the number of spaces between the teeth 11 ofa comb or saw B, and the teeth 1G of a spacing element likewisecorresponding in number and position to the teeth on the saws or combs.The teeth 1G of the spacing elements .O are shorter than those of thesaws or combs B, and furthermore the spacing elements O are given atapering form, being narrowest at their lower edges 17, and each spacingelement O is provided with elongated transverse slots 1S, which slotscorrespond in number and position to the slots 12 in the combs or sawsB. The end portions of the combs or saws B at their upper edges areprovided with inclined or concaved surfaces 13, as is best shown in Fig.2. These saws and accompanying spacing elements are grouped in seriesand each series may consist of any desired number' of set factors. Thespacing element intervening between opposing saws or combs and eachseries D of alternately arranged combs and spacing elements, is boundtogether by pins 19 or their equivalents, passed through the slots 12and 18 formed respectively in the combs and spacing elements, and thepins of one series are preferably made to overlap the pins of the nextseries, as is shown in Fig. 1, but I desire it to be understood that Ido not confine myself to this particular way of holding together aseries of saws and spacing elements. i

The groups or series D of combined combs and spacing elements arearranged along the periphery of the core A to completely conceal andcover the core, and the saws and spacing elements extend from end to endof the core longitudinally thereof. The tapering form of the spacingelements O enables the series or groups of saws and spacing elements toassume the radial position shown in the drawings. After all ofthe groupsor series D have been properly assembled, they are held in position byslipping bands 20 over the inclined or concaved outer end edges 13 ofthe saws or combs. When the spacing elements are in position their teeth16 engage or bear against a base portion of the teeth 11 of the saws orcombs, in fact they reinforce the teeth of the saws or combs and thusmaterially strengthen the same and brace said teeth circumferentially.The recesses 15 in the spacing elements O enable the strippers employedto readily get under the fruit.

The operation of this roll is the same as that of other impaling rolls;namely, the raisins are forced upon the tooth 11 into the recessesbetween the teeth, the seed from the iaisin remaining at the point ofthe teeth. The seeds are removed in any suitable or approved' manner andthe stripping is likewise accomplished in the customary manner.

While the plates l and spacing elements C may be made plain or flat,they may also be made with corrugations as is shown in Fig. 6, wherebywhen iitted together, the convex surface of a plate l0 will fit in aconcave surface of a spacing element C.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent,-

1, An impaling roll for raisin seeders, comprising a core, a series oflongitudinally arranged combs, each comprising a plate of thin materialprovided upon one edge with a series of impaling teeth, and a series ofspacing elements intermediate the combs, each of said elementscomprising a plate provided upon one edge with teeth, the teeth of thespacing elements being of lesser len'gth than the teeth of the combsandregistering therewith, said last named plate being wedge shape for thepurpose set forth, all of said plates being provided with transverseslots, and pins passing through the slots, the ends of said first namedseries of plates being reduced in width to equal the width of the secondnamed series, and bands engaging the ends of all the plates t0 retainthem on the roll.

2. In an impaling roller for raisin seeders and similar machines, a sawor comb, a spacing element for the same, the spacing element beingprovided with teeth registering with those of the saw or comb and oflesser length, and adapted for engagement with the base portion of theteeth of said saw or comb.

3. In an impaling roll, saws or combs, wedge-shaped spacing elementslocated between opposing saws or combs, the spacing elements beingnarrower than the saws or combs and provided with teeth registering withthose of the saws or combs and of lesser length and adapted for bracingcontact with the base portion of the saw or comb teeth, and mcans fortying the combs or saws and their spacing elements in series.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

EMORY LEROY CHADDOCK.

Witnesses z LnWIs LINCOLN CORY, EFFIE J. ALsIr.

